The owners of a hotel near JFK Airport have to pay $65,000 for gouging hundreds of customers who were stranded during a 2016 blizzard, according to the Daily News.
The owners, Granite JFK LLC and Crossroad Hospitality Company, which together own and operate the Courtyard by Marriott New York hotel, will pay restitution to overcharged guests, along with a fine imposed by the Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office.
“The Courtyard by Marriott took advantage of hundreds of stranded people who were simply seeking the safety of shelter during and after this massive blizzard,” Schneiderman told the Daily News. “This settlement holds the hotel accountable for these actions and prohibits it from happening again.”
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An investigation found that the hotel operators jacked up room prices by 75% during the January 22-25 storm in 2016, which crippled roads in the city and shut down the airport and public transit. Hundreds of stranded travelers had no choice but to stay at the hotel, which were offered rates that were 45-75% higher than the average room rates the week prior.
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The owners of a hotel near JFK Airport have to pay $65,000 for gouging hundreds of customers who were stranded during a 2016 blizzard, according to the Daily News.
The owners, Granite JFK LLC and Crossroad Hospitality Company, which together own and operate the Courtyard by Marriott New York hotel, will pay restitution to overcharged guests, along with a fine imposed by the Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office.
“The Courtyard by Marriott took advantage of hundreds of stranded people who were simply seeking the safety of shelter during and after this massive blizzard,” Schneiderman told the Daily News. “This settlement holds the hotel accountable for these actions and prohibits it from happening again.”
An investigation found that the hotel operators jacked up room prices by 75% during the January 22-25 storm in 2016, which crippled roads in the city and shut down the airport and public transit. Hundreds of stranded travelers had no choice but to stay at the hotel, which were offered rates that were 45-75% higher than the average room rates the week prior.
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